Heinz-Dieter Krausch

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Heinz-Dieter Krausch (born September 28, 1928 in Guben ; † July 10, 2020 in Berlin ) was a German geobotanist .

Live and act

Heinz-Dieter Krausch was born as the son of a commercial clerk and was drafted as an anti-aircraft helper in the Navy on the North Sea coast when he was 15 while attending school . In 1948 he passed his Abitur in Guben and began studying biology and chemistry at the Potsdam University of Education . He also attended events on geology , geography , soil science as well as prehistory and early history . He completed his studies in 1953 with a diploma thesis on the meadows of the Oberspreewald . Krausch worked as a research assistant from 1953 to 1961 at the Institute for Landscape Research and Nature Conservation Halle (Saale), Potsdam branch. In 1959 he was charged with a dissertation on the subject of dry grasslands to Dr. rer. nat. PhD . From 1961 to 1991 he was a research associate at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin at the Limnology Research Center . With a thesis on forests, hedges and fringing societies in the Stechlinsee area , he completed his habilitation in 1970 at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg . Although he did not become a professor due to “lack of political maturity”, he supervised many diploma and doctoral theses. After the fall of the Wall he was a scientific advisor in setting up new protected areas in Brandenburg .

Krausch dealt with the vegetation and landscape history of Brandenburg, with the history of vegetation, forest history and the importance of cottage gardens , he worked on aquatic and marsh plants and collected popular plant names in Brandenburg and in Lower Lusatia . In professional circles he is considered to be a profound expert on Central and Central Eastern European garden flora. Outside of specialist circles, he is known for his book Kaiserkron und Päonien rot - From the discovery and introduction of our garden flowers , which was awarded the 2003 book prize of the German Horticultural Society . From 1949 he was a member of the Botanical Association of Berlin and Brandenburg, of which he became an honorary member in 1991. In 1961 he was one of the founders of the Niederlausitz floristic working group. In 1993 he received honorary membership of the State Historical Association for the Mark Brandenburg . From 1992 to 2006 he was chairman of the Niederlausitz Society for History and Regional Studies and became its honorary chairman in 2018. At the end of April 2006 he received the Cross of Merit on the Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and on February 20, 2009 he was awarded the honorary professorship.

He was born with Wally. Türk (1929–2020) married.

Heinz-Dieter Krausch died on July 10, 2020 in Berlin.

Works

Krausch published more than 450 publications (not including reviews), including:

  • Soil and flora between Schlaube and Neisse. A brief overview of the geology and vegetation of the districts of Guben and Fürstenberg / Oder Council of the district, Section for art and cultural mass work, Guben [1953]
  • Vegetation studies on xerothermal dry grass in Brandenburg. Potsdam, University of Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, dissertation from April 9, 1959
  • The flora of the Spreewald. Ziemsen, Wittenberg Lutherstadt 1960
  • with Joachim Schobeß and Hartmut Knitter: Potsdamer Havelland. Werder, Ketzin, Lehnin, Saarmund (= our little hiking booklet, booklet 107). Dresdner Verlag, Dresden 1964; 3rd edition, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1970
  • Geobotanical excursions to Niederlausitz, the Oder Valley, to Plagefenn near Chorin and to other Brandenburg landscapes (from the series: Lessons for distance learning for teachers - biology). Pedagogical University, Potsdam 1969
  • Forests, hedges and fringes of the Stechlinsee area (North Brandenburg). Halle, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, habilitation thesis from January 28, 1970
  • with Gerhard Gunia and Paul Grünitz: Gubener Heimatlexikon. City Council, Wilhelm-Pieck-Stadt Guben 1971
  • with Siegfried Jost Casper : Pteridophyta and Anthophyta (= freshwater flora of Central Europe, volumes 23 and 24). 2 volumes, Fischer, Jena 1980 and 1981, ISBN 3-437-30309-0 , ISBN 3-437-30341-4 ; Reprint: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-2054-1 , ISBN 978-3-8274-2055-8
  • (as leader :) Burger and Lübbenauer Spreewald (= values ​​of our homeland, volume 36). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1981; 2nd edition, Böhlau, Weimar 1994 (= values ​​of the German homeland, volume 55), ISBN 3-7400-0933-0
  • with Wolfram Scheffler (photos) and Reimund Wuttig (red.): Neuglobsow, Stechlinsee and the Menzer Heide. A hiking guide. Council of the community of Neuglobsow, Neuglobsow [1984]
  • Old useful and ornamental plants in Lower Lusatia. Guide through the museum garden at the city and district museum "Sprucker Mühle" in Guben (= negotiations of the Botanical Association of Berlin and Brandenburg, Gegr. 1859 eV, supplement 2). Botanical Association of Berlin and Brandenburg Gegr. 1859, Berlin 1992
  • Color atlas of water and bank plants. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1996, ISBN 3-8001-3352-0
  • Team of authors led by Heinz-Dieter Krausch and Werner Schmidt: The Feldberger Seengebiet. Results of the regional study in the areas Feldberg, Fürstenwerder, Thomsdorf and Boitzenburg (= values ​​of the German homeland, volume 57). Böhlau, Weimar 1997, ISBN 3-7400-0936-5
  • "Imperial crown and red peonies ..." Discovery and introduction of our garden flowers. Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-935549-23-7 ; 2nd edition, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-34412-8
  • Essays on Brandenburg folk botany and the history of cultivated plants (= writings of the Association for the Preservation of Crop Diversity, Volume 5). VEN, Cremlingen 2006, ISBN 3-9807551-4-2
  • Contributions to the forest, forest and landscape history of Brandenburg . Kessel, Remagen-Oberwinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-941300-02-6
  • Cottage gardens in Brandenburg. Natur & Text, Rangsdorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-9810058-8-2
  • with Jens Martin: Słownik dolnoserbskich zelowych, gribowych a lišawowych mjenjow = dictionary of the Lower Sorbian / Wendish names of plants, mushrooms and lichens. Natur + Text, Rangsdorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-942062-09-1 ; 2nd edition, 2020, ISBN 978-3-942062-47-3
  • Roses in place names. For the 100th anniversary of the East German rose garden in Forst (Lausitz). Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2013, ISBN 978-3-86929-223-6

literature

  • Felix Escher : Two new honorary members from Potsdam. Dr. phil. Lieselott Enders and Dr. rer. nat. habil. Heinz-Dieter Krausch . In: Yearbook for Brandenburg State History . Volume 44, 1993, pp. 244-245 (with picture), ISSN  0447-2683
  • Helmut Jentsch and Gunther Klemm: Dr. habil. Heinz-Dieter Krausch 65 years . In: Negotiations of the Botanical Association of Berlin and Brandenburg . Volume 126, 1993, pp. 227-228, ISSN  0945-4292
  • Wolfgang Fischer: Heinz-Dieter Krausch - 75 years . In: Negotiations of the Botanical Association of Berlin and Brandenburg . Volume 137, Issue 1, 2004, pp. 19-22, ISSN  0945-4292
  • Torsten Richter: A life for nature. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . January 28, 2009 .;
  • Silke Oldorff: Honorary professorship for Heinz-Dieter Krausch: The 80-year-old is one of the best experts on the settlement history of the Stechlinsee area . In: Märkische Allgemeine . February 23, 2009 ( paid online )
  • Klaus-Dieter Gansleweit : Heinz-Dieter Krausch 80 years. In: Niederlausitz Studies . Issue 25, 2009, pp. 157–160 (with picture)
  • Guben botanist awarded honorary professorship. In: The Märkische Bote. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013 (with picture).;

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice for Heinz-Dieter Krausch. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung . July 18, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Steffen Krestin: Prof. Dr. Heinz-Dieter Krausch. In: Niederlausitz Studies. Issue 44, 2019, ISBN 978-3-86929-453-7 , pp. 5–7.
  3. ↑ Honored with the Cross of Merit. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . May 9, 2006, accessed July 19, 2020 .
  4. ^ Fourth honorary professorship in Brandenburg. Ministry of Science, Research and Culture , February 20, 2009, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on July 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Krausch, Heinz-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geobotanist
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2020
Place of death Berlin